Trump Slams Media For Concocting Official Who Actually Ran His White House Briefing
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President Donald Trump attacked The New York Times in a tweet Saturday, claiming the paper made up a “senior White House official” for its story about the canceled North Korea summit. The official, a member of Trump’s National Security Council, actually does exist and led a briefing at the White House on Thursday for reporters.
The White House even provided its own transcript of the briefing that Trump essentially dismissed as fake news.
As is often the case on such background briefings, the official asked not to be identified by name and instead be referred to as a “senior White House official,” according to several witnesses who saw the briefing in person or listened to it over the phone.
But, after his own official provided the briefing, Trump complained that the Times story referred to a White House official “who doesn’t exist.”
“Use real people, not phony sources,” he wrote.
Several news outlets responding to Trump’s tweet named the official and some even posted audio of the briefing he provided. Trump did not correct his tweet, nor apologize. The tweet was still live Saturday night.
The Times reported the official said that relaunching the now-canceled North Korea summit on the originally scheduled date would be impossible. The official didn’t use that word, but indicated that there was far too much preparation required to make a June 12 meeting possible.
“There’s a certain amount of actual dialogue that needs to take place at the working level with your counterparts to ensure that the agenda is clear ... and June 12 is in 10 minutes, and it’s going to be – you know,” said the official, according to the White House transcript .
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Doesn't that idiot think that his lies will ever catch up with him? How many scapegoats does he think has who will continue to play his game and take the fall for him?
No raven he does not worry about the truth, as so far he has had enough core support regardless of what asinine things he says.
His supporters refuse to make him accountable. Until they do this is the type of leadership we will have. This Administration and Presidency is completely on them. Honor and respectability mean nothing anymore.
Well....the network that carried his Reality TV show "The Apprentice" would not carry his show anymore, so if a better candidate takes his place he will then see just how loyal his supporters are. And at this point they will all deny it, but, when the time comes, you will see how quickly they abandon find a new idol to worship. That is, if Pence is not in the Oval Office by then.
Speaking of "The Apprentice", the lawsuit by Summer Zervos is proceeding and it looks like the producers will have to release the relevant outtakes where Trump is his normal abusive and vile self.
And his brain-dead supporters eagerly lap it up.
Worst president in the history of the US, and his supporters will believe his "fake news" bullshit even with the TRUTH staring them in the face.
So old Thunder Mouth is at it again....A lot of noise, no substance.